1. What are you good at?Drawing is what I do best. 2. How do you feel when you're doing the thing you're good at?It makes me feel like expressing my feelings in different ways. 3. How would you feel if people wouldn't let you do the thing you're good at?That wouldn't be fair, art is like life and if its gone life wouldn't be there.
Chapter 1
1. What problems or conflicts are presented in chapter one? Tao needing to find a rabbit is an obvious one; identify at least two more (not having anything to do with the rabbit!). 2. Predict the resolution of each conflict.
Example:
sample conflict :
sample predicted:
conflict 1:Tao wanted to paint drawings in the caves but only the chosen ones are aloud. predicted resolution 1:Tao should tell Volt that it's unfair only the chosen ones can paint in the caves.
conflict 2:A wolf came with an empty stomach. predicted resolution 2:Tao gave the poor thing some food (rat).
Answer the questions below
Chapter 2
1. WProxy-ConProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 ction: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 wasn't the wolf eating? There was a bone stuck between the poor little wolf's teeth and it hurts when he eats.
2. What was the resolution of the wolf's problem? Tao had to take the small piece of bone stuck inside the wolf's teeth.
2. Tao entered the slough. Why was this a good idea? Why might this be a bad idea?
Answer the questions below
1. In chapter 1, what does Tao really want to learn to do? A. draw
B. hunt
C. make a flint knife
D. control fire
2. In chapter 2, what is stuck in the wolf's jaw?
A. food B. a bone splinter
C. part of a tree
D. a flint knife
Chapter 3
3. What do Tao and Ram learn to do together?
A. walk on a leash
B. swim the river C. hunt
D. escape Volt
4. What decision does Tao tell Volt?
A. he is going to hunt with the dog
B. the dog's name is Ram
C. he is going to look for his parents since he doesn't know who they are D. he is going to hunt alone but bring back food to the camp
5. Look at Tao's decisions and actions from Volt's perspective. Pretend you are Volt. Write a first person paragraph explaining how you feel. Chapter 4 In a good paragraph, describe Tao's mother. What are the qualities of her character? List 3 qualities. Find evidence in the chapter to support your ideas.
Tao's mother was named Vedra, Vedra the mountain people. She made many things from earth and water and pebbles and the bones of fish; she made necklaces. From ivory and antlers she made beads and bracelets; even from the grass of th fields she made headbands and rings for the hair. Everybody loved the things she made, and she gave it all freely. But when Tao was a baby and he was weak and crippled it was a law to take him up to the boulders an left for the hyenas. She kept Tao anyways because she cares and love him even it was a taboo. She fought them like a cave lion, screaming, biting,refusing to give Tao up. (I felt like she loves him so much and I want a mother like that and she never gived up Tao no mater what! But I feel sad when she dies)
Answer the following questions
Chapter 5
1. Which two animals does Tao try to draw? A horse and a wolf dog (Ram)
2. Which is easier for him and why? The wolf dog, because he can see what he was drawing and Tao saw Ram's body outlied againtsthe sky.
HOMEWORK Thursday, October 15, 2009Read Chapter 6
CLASSWORK Friday, October 16, 2009
Answer the following questions
Chapter 6
1. Graybeard realizes that Tao has broken two taboos of his clan. What are they? Tao hunted in forbidden lands and Tao hunts with wolf dog
2. Which taboo doesn't he know about yet? He didn't knew about huntng with a wof dog is a taboo.
3. Graybeard describes Volt differently than we have. What aspects of Volt's character is Graybeard acknowledging? That he is a good man and dreams about spirits and demons.
HOMEWORK Friday, October 16, 2009
Read Chapter 7
CLASSWORK Monday, October 19, 2009
Write your reaction to the last paragraph in the chapter.
1. Do you agree or disagree with Graybeard? Explain your answer. I disagree, because law is the rules and if you don't follow them there will be consequences .
2. What about if someone today told you about the thing you most love to do that, "It is taboo. Whether you believe in it or not makes no difference. It is taboo. It is the rule of our society and you must live by it." Would you agree with them? Explain your answer. Laws are bad things that you shouldn't do and you must obey, but laws aren't suppose to be things we all ways do like art, cooking, and hobbies.
HOMEWORK Monday, October 19, 2009
Read Chapter 8
CLASSWORK Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Chapter 8
An important theme in this novel is that people should follow their dreams and do what they believe is right, even if they don't follow their society's expected ways. The author examines this theme in a stone age setting.
Imagine a similar situation today. Imagine a young person who wants to do something with their life that is different from what is normally expected in our society.
What situation did you imagine? I imagined a little boy wanted to be a nurse but people laugh at him for no reason but no one ever thought about stopping and think
In the situation you imagined, should the person follow his or her dreams or should they follow society's expectations? Give your opinion. Hmm... I imagine a 10 years old boy, he is an intelligent person and his dreams are to be a nurse. Everybody laugh at him everyday. But, no one stopped and think about his dream could help us all and how money he can get. He really wanted to help the world.
HOMEWORK Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Read Chapter 9
CLASSWORK Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Chapter 9
Why do you think Graybeard changed his mind? Maybe he was like Tao when he was a kid.......
What does this tell you about his character? It tells that he is an empathetic person
HOMEWORK Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Read Chapter 10
CLASSWORK Thursday, October 22, 2009
Chapter 10
1. What are the "mountains-that-walk"? It means a mammoth
2. What almost happened to Tao? Tao almost got killed by a mammoth
HOMEWORK Thursday, October 22, 2009
Read Chapter 11
CLASSWORK Friday, October 23, 2009
Chapter 11
Do you think Graybeard is a good teacher? Why? Graybeard isn't, because in the book he sharply reached out and stopped Tao's hand. He always says "no" or "that is wrong".
Would you like to have been taught a skill by him? Why? No, because I don't want to be taught aggressively.
HOMEWORK Friday, October 23, 2009
Read Chapter 12
CLASSWORK Monday, October 26, 2009
Chapter 12
1. Name some of the ingredients used to make paint. Which surprised you most? Red earth, yellow and white earth, limestone powder, fish oil, and some charcoal dusts. And the one that surprised me was fish oil.....
2. Why is Tao afraid at the end of the chapter? When he heard Graybeard was coughing hard he knew he wouldn't last.
HOMEWORK Monday, October 26, 2008
Read Chapter 13
CLASSWORK Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Chapter 13
1. Even if Ram had succeeded in hunting the deer, do you think it was a good idea of Tao's to "show off" his dog's ability to hunt? Explain. I dont think he should becuase Volt hates wolf dogs and the clans aren't suppose to hunt with a wolf dog.
2. Predict what will happen next. If you've read ahead, invent an alternate scene. I don't know........maybe Tao was trapped and th others will get him and just maybe Tao was just hidding in a bush and Volt see him but the others didn't and Volt pretended he didn't saw anything....
HOMEWORK Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Read Chapter 14
CLASSWORK Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Chapter 14
1. Why does Tao cross the river? Ram the wolf dog was introuble; the hunters lashed Ram's legs
2. What decision does Graybeard reach? Graybeard told Tao to paint in the Secrete Cavern on th day of the hunt.
HOMEWORK Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Read Chapter 15
CLASSWORK Thursday, October 29, 2009
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What problem does Tao have by the end of the chapter? He doesn't kw where the Secete Cavern is and he is lost.
THIS IS SAXON THE SACRED BULL; THIS IS ONE OF TAOS PIECE OF ART
Read Chapter 17 together in class (not for homework)
Chapter 17
Wow! What a chapter! What was your reaction? Tense? Surprised? You predicted it? Write a paragraph describing your reaction. I was really shock! I never even thought of that. I was so surprised... How could Volt keep that secrete from his son!?!? And Volt treated his son like trash...... Why would Volt do that to his own son....
HOMEWORK Friday, October 30, 2009
Read Chapter 18
CLASSWORK Monday, November 2, 2009
Chapter 18
Why does Tao feel he needs to go to the Mountain People? Tao was following Graybeard's footsteps and he has to prove himself again.
Extra Credit
Write a narrative describing what happens next. Make sure your plot has a conflict, a climax, and a resolution. You can add new characters if you want.
CHAD READING LOG Prewrite
1. What are you good at? Drawing is what I do best.2. How do you feel when you're doing the thing you're good at? It makes me feel like expressing my feelings in different ways.
3. How would you feel if people wouldn't let you do the thing you're good at? That wouldn't be fair, art is like life and if its gone life wouldn't be there.
Chapter 1
1. What problems or conflicts are presented in chapter one? Tao needing to find a rabbit is an obvious one; identify at least two more (not having anything to do with the rabbit!).2. Predict the resolution of each conflict.
Example:
sample conflict :
sample predicted:
conflict 1: Tao wanted to paint drawings in the caves but only the chosen ones are aloud.
predicted resolution 1: Tao should tell Volt that it's unfair only the chosen ones can paint in the caves.
conflict 2: A wolf came with an empty stomach.
predicted resolution 2: Tao gave the poor thing some food (rat).
Answer the questions below
Chapter 2
1. WProxy-ConProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 ction: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 wasn't the wolf eating? There was a bone stuck between the poor little wolf's teeth and it hurts when he eats.2. What was the resolution of the wolf's problem? Tao had to take the small piece of bone stuck inside the wolf's teeth.
2. Tao entered the slough. Why was this a good idea? Why might this be a bad idea?
Answer the questions below
1. In chapter 1, what does Tao really want to learn to do?
A. draw
B. hunt
C. make a flint knife
D. control fire
2. In chapter 2, what is stuck in the wolf's jaw?
A. food
B. a bone splinter
C. part of a tree
D. a flint knife
Chapter 3
3. What do Tao and Ram learn to do together?A. walk on a leash
B. swim the river
C. hunt
D. escape Volt
4. What decision does Tao tell Volt?
A. he is going to hunt with the dog
B. the dog's name is Ram
C. he is going to look for his parents since he doesn't know who they are
D. he is going to hunt alone but bring back food to the camp
5. Look at Tao's decisions and actions from Volt's perspective. Pretend you are Volt. Write a first person paragraph explaining how you feel.
Chapter 4
In a good paragraph, describe Tao's mother. What are the qualities of her character? List 3 qualities. Find evidence in the chapter to support your ideas.
Tao's mother was named Vedra, Vedra the mountain people. She made many things from earth and water and pebbles and the bones of fish; she made necklaces. From ivory and antlers she made beads and bracelets; even from the grass of th fields she made headbands and rings for the hair. Everybody loved the things she made, and she gave it all freely. But when Tao was a baby and he was weak and crippled it was a law to take him up to the boulders an left for the hyenas. She kept Tao anyways because she cares and love him even it was a taboo. She fought them like a cave lion, screaming, biting,refusing to give Tao up. (I felt like she loves him so much and I want a mother like that and she never gived up Tao no mater what! But I feel sad when she dies)
Answer the following questions
Chapter 5
1. Which two animals does Tao try to draw? A horse and a wolf dog (Ram)2. Which is easier for him and why? The wolf dog, because he can see what he was drawing and Tao saw Ram's body outlied againtsthe sky.
HOMEWORK Thursday, October 15, 2009 Read Chapter 6
CLASSWORK Friday, October 16, 2009
Answer the following questionsChapter 6
1. Graybeard realizes that Tao has broken two taboos of his clan. What are they? Tao hunted in forbidden lands and Tao hunts with wolf dog
2. Which taboo doesn't he know about yet? He didn't knew about huntng with a wof dog is a taboo.
3. Graybeard describes Volt differently than we have. What aspects of Volt's character is Graybeard acknowledging? That he is a good man and dreams about spirits and demons.
HOMEWORK Friday, October 16, 2009
Read Chapter 7CLASSWORK Monday, October 19, 2009
Write your reaction to the last paragraph in the chapter.1. Do you agree or disagree with Graybeard? Explain your answer. I disagree, because law is the rules and if you don't follow them there will be consequences .
2. What about if someone today told you about the thing you most love to do that, "It is taboo. Whether you believe in it or not makes no difference. It is taboo. It is the rule of our society and you must live by it." Would you agree with them? Explain your answer. Laws are bad things that you shouldn't do and you must obey, but laws aren't suppose to be things we all ways do like art, cooking, and hobbies.
HOMEWORK Monday, October 19, 2009
Read Chapter 8CLASSWORK Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Chapter 8An important theme in this novel is that people should follow their dreams and do what they believe is right, even if they don't follow their society's expected ways. The author examines this theme in a stone age setting.
Imagine a similar situation today. Imagine a young person who wants to do something with their life that is different from what is normally expected in our society.
What situation did you imagine? I imagined a little boy wanted to be a nurse but people laugh at him for no reason but no one ever thought about stopping and think
In the situation you imagined, should the person follow his or her dreams or should they follow society's expectations? Give your opinion.
Hmm... I imagine a 10 years old boy, he is an intelligent person and his dreams are to be a nurse. Everybody laugh at him everyday. But, no one stopped and think about his dream could help us all and how money he can get. He really wanted to help the world.
HOMEWORK Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Read Chapter 9CLASSWORK Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Chapter 9Why do you think Graybeard changed his mind? Maybe he was like Tao when he was a kid.......
What does this tell you about his character? It tells that he is an empathetic person
HOMEWORK Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Read Chapter 10CLASSWORK Thursday, October 22, 2009
Chapter 101. What are the "mountains-that-walk"? It means a mammoth
2. What almost happened to Tao? Tao almost got killed by a mammoth
HOMEWORK Thursday, October 22, 2009
Read Chapter 11CLASSWORK Friday, October 23, 2009
Chapter 11Do you think Graybeard is a good teacher? Why? Graybeard isn't, because in the book he sharply reached out and stopped Tao's hand. He always says "no" or "that is wrong".
Would you like to have been taught a skill by him? Why? No, because I don't want to be taught aggressively.
HOMEWORK Friday, October 23, 2009
Read Chapter 12CLASSWORK Monday, October 26, 2009
Chapter 121. Name some of the ingredients used to make paint. Which surprised you most? Red earth, yellow and white earth, limestone powder, fish oil, and some charcoal dusts. And the one that surprised me was fish oil.....
2. Why is Tao afraid at the end of the chapter? When he heard Graybeard was coughing hard he knew he wouldn't last.
HOMEWORK Monday, October 26, 2008
Read Chapter 13CLASSWORK Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Chapter 131. Even if Ram had succeeded in hunting the deer, do you think it was a good idea of Tao's to "show off" his dog's ability to hunt? Explain.
I dont think he should becuase Volt hates wolf dogs and the clans aren't suppose to hunt with a wolf dog.
2. Predict what will happen next. If you've read ahead, invent an alternate scene. I don't know........maybe Tao was trapped and th others will get him and just maybe Tao was just hidding in a bush and Volt see him but the others didn't and Volt pretended he didn't saw anything....
HOMEWORK Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Read Chapter 14CLASSWORK Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Chapter 141. Why does Tao cross the river? Ram the wolf dog was introuble; the hunters lashed Ram's legs
2. What decision does Graybeard reach? Graybeard told Tao to paint in the Secrete Cavern on th day of the hunt.
HOMEWORK Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Read Chapter 15CLASSWORK Thursday, October 29, 2009
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What problem does Tao have by the end of the chapter? He doesn't kw where the Secete Cavern is and he is lost.
HOMEWORK Thursday, October 29, 2009
Read Chapter 16CLASSWORK Friday, October 30, 2009
Chapter 16Look at the website of the Laxcaux Caves: **http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/** Find a picture that resembles the one Tao is painting. Copy it as your answer to this question.
Read Chapter 17 together in class (not for homework)
Chapter 17
Wow! What a chapter! What was your reaction? Tense? Surprised? You predicted it? Write a paragraph describing your reaction. I was really shock! I never even thought of that. I was so surprised... How could Volt keep that secrete from his son!?!? And Volt treated his son like trash...... Why would Volt do that to his own son....
HOMEWORK Friday, October 30, 2009
Read Chapter 18CLASSWORK Monday, November 2, 2009
Chapter 18Why does Tao feel he needs to go to the Mountain People? Tao was following Graybeard's footsteps and he has to prove himself again.
Extra Credit
Write a narrative describing what happens next. Make sure your plot has a conflict, a climax, and a resolution. You can add new characters if you want.
ChaD IDENTITY POEM
My friends and I follow all the latest fads.
I have my own unique style.
I always do what my parents and teachers expect of me.
I will follow my own dreams, even if others try to stop me.
I want to live with my family when I go to college.
I want to go to a college far from home.
I wouldn’t marry someone if my parents disapproved.
I will marry whomever I choose.
Being popular is important.
I don’t care what other people say about me.